Definition of atonic in English:
atonic
adjective əˈtɒnɪkeɪˈtɑnɪk
1Linguistics
(of a syllable) without accent or stress.
Example sentencesExamples
- In Portuguese, vowels have stressed (tonic) and unstressed (atonic) forms.
- In this kind of metric versification, neither the actual number of the syllables nor the difference between tonic and atonic syllables had much importance.
2Physiology
Lacking muscular tone.
Example sentencesExamples
- Atonic and tonic seizures are characterized by a sudden change in muscle tone.
- The highest levels of intoxication can be life-threatening, producing delirium, coma, atonic bladder and cardiac arrhythmias.
- In Poliomyelitis the greatest possible care must be taken to prevent bruising atonic muscle fibers.
Derivatives
noun ˈatəniˈætni
This in turn leads to gastric atony, floating kidney, hernia, rectal prolapse, uterine prolapse and other forms of prolapse.
Example sentencesExamples
- Postpartum uterine atony and hemorrhage can be effectively prevented with the use of oxytocin, but the optimal dosage and route of administration have not been established.
- This color can be seen frequently in chronic diseases of the stomach, especially in gastric atony.
- Following the birth of the neonate, the placenta was delivered and the patient began to experience severe hemorrhage, which was clinically attributed to uterine atony.
- The absence of bowel sounds for a full 5 minutes strongly suggests the existence of intestinal atony or ileus, which has many causes.
- Another complication suffered by these patients is bladder atony, in which the muscles of the bladder lose their tone.